Regioselective α-Addition of Deconjugated Butenolides: Enantioselective Synthesis of Dihydrocoumarins

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2017, Pages 4006-4010

  Wu, Bo ^a   Yu, Zhaoyuan ^b   Gao, Xiang ^a   Lan, Yu ^b   Zhou, Yong Gui ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

asymmetric catalysis; butenolides; dihydrocoumarins; nucleophilic addition; ortho quinone methides

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; QUINONE;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; BUTENOLIDES; DIHYDROCOUMARINS; NUCLEOPHILIC ADDITIONS; QUINONE METHIDES;

REGIOSELECTIVITY;

EID: 85014032899     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201700437     Document Type: Article

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